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词汇 seventeenth
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Definition of seventeenth in English:

seventeenth

ordinal number ˌsɛvnˈtiːnθ
  • 1Constituting number seventeen in a sequence; 17th.

    the seventeenth century
    his seventeenth birthday
    Example sentencesExamples
    • In the seventeenth century, a milkmaid would send a stream of new, warm milk directly from a cow into a bowl of spiced cider or ale.
    • The stained glass, which is mostly of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, was reset in 1912.
    • I congratulate you on the seventeenth anniversary of our dear Marie.
    • The seventeenth annual seminar on mineral photography will be held on Thursday.
    • Through the later seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, scholars argued relentlessly about the details of Egyptian and Chinese chronology.
    • She finished seventeenth at the world championships in Switzerland.
    • It could be a party to celebrate your seventeenth birthday, a new year, a new you.
    • County government was in the hands of 3,000 or so prominent gentry in the early seventeenth century.
    • Forced to submit to a vote of the people under the newly enacted seventeenth amendment, Henry's forces were noted for "stuffing ballot boxes, shipping repeats, and intimidating voters".
    • She sits down at the table next to the window, sips the juice as the steaming coffee cools, gazing out from the seventeenth floor.
  • 2Each of seventeen equal parts into which something is or may be divided.

    the bank was sold for about a seventeenth of its value
    Example sentencesExamples
    • An annual allowance of one seventeenth of the expenditure is given for capital expenditure on patent rights.
    • Japan's private-equity market is one seventeenth of the size of the sector in the US.
    • The friction force is about a seventeenth of the ball's weight.
    • He sold it for about a seventeenth of its value.
    • He was to have the inducement of sharing a seventeenth of the profits.
    • A third of the population was trying to live in a way that only a seventeenth of the population could live.
    • The bank was sold for about a seventeenth of its value.
    • This uses either small roof or loft space antenna and less than one seventeenth the power of a mobile phone.

Rhymes

eighteenth, fifteenth, fourteenth, nineteenth, sixteenth, thirteenth, umpteenth

Definition of seventeenth in US English:

seventeenth

ordinal number
  • 1Constituting number seventeen in a sequence; 17th.

    the seventeenth century
    his seventeenth birthday
    Example sentencesExamples
    • She finished seventeenth at the world championships in Switzerland.
    • Through the later seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, scholars argued relentlessly about the details of Egyptian and Chinese chronology.
    • She sits down at the table next to the window, sips the juice as the steaming coffee cools, gazing out from the seventeenth floor.
    • The stained glass, which is mostly of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, was reset in 1912.
    • Forced to submit to a vote of the people under the newly enacted seventeenth amendment, Henry's forces were noted for "stuffing ballot boxes, shipping repeats, and intimidating voters".
    • It could be a party to celebrate your seventeenth birthday, a new year, a new you.
    • The seventeenth annual seminar on mineral photography will be held on Thursday.
    • I congratulate you on the seventeenth anniversary of our dear Marie.
    • County government was in the hands of 3,000 or so prominent gentry in the early seventeenth century.
    • In the seventeenth century, a milkmaid would send a stream of new, warm milk directly from a cow into a bowl of spiced cider or ale.
  • 2Each of seventeen equal parts into which something is or may be divided.

    the bank was sold for about a seventeenth of its value
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The bank was sold for about a seventeenth of its value.
    • Japan's private-equity market is one seventeenth of the size of the sector in the US.
    • A third of the population was trying to live in a way that only a seventeenth of the population could live.
    • He was to have the inducement of sharing a seventeenth of the profits.
    • He sold it for about a seventeenth of its value.
    • This uses either small roof or loft space antenna and less than one seventeenth the power of a mobile phone.
    • The friction force is about a seventeenth of the ball's weight.
    • An annual allowance of one seventeenth of the expenditure is given for capital expenditure on patent rights.
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